Ombrone Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Italy, located approximately 5 km south-west of Grosseto, and about 150 km northwest of Rome. It was a temporary airfield built by the US Army Corps of Engineers. The airfield was used by tactical aircraft of the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force. Known units assigned were:

Ombrone Airfield
Part of Twelfth Air Force
Coordinates42°46′57.38″N 011°11′18.57″E / 42.7826056°N 11.1884917°E / 42.7826056; 11.1884917
TypeMilitary airfield
Site information
Controlled byUnited States Army Air Forces
Site history
BuiltJune 1944
In use1944
Ombrone Airfield is located in Italy
Ombrone Airfield
Ombrone Airfield
Location of Ombrone Airfield, Tuscany

When the Americans pulled out, the airfield was dismantled and abandoned. Today, the airfield is now reclaimed by agriculture, with little or no evidence of its existence.

References

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  This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  • Maurer, Maurer. Air Force ant Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
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